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On January 11, 2011 at 2:41 PM
why have the turn of events come about now?
and received a response of:
34 Great Vigor
The Statement of the first hexagram
Great vigor, gainful purity.
The changing lines
The third line:
The inferior exert strength, the superior
exert not. Persist in harsh times.
A ram butts a hedge, entangling his horns.
The inferior exert strength, the superior
exert not. Persist in harsh times.
A ram butts a hedge, entangling his horns.
The fourth line:
Pure fortune. Regrets vanish.
The hedge breaks: entanglement is gone.
Strong as a great car's axle blocks.
Pure fortune. Regrets vanish.
The hedge breaks: entanglement is gone.
Strong as a great car's axle blocks.
The sixth line:
A ram butts the hedge and cannot pull out
or escape. No place is gainful.
First difficulty, then fortune.
A ram butts the hedge and cannot pull out
or escape. No place is gainful.
First difficulty, then fortune.
41 Decrease
The Statement of the second hexagram
Decrease. Have confidence.
Great fortune. No fault
if one can be upright.
Gain by having a place to go.
How should one act?
Two square bamboo baskets
can be used in offering.
Great fortune. No fault
if one can be upright.
Gain by having a place to go.
How should one act?
Two square bamboo baskets
can be used in offering.
The Image of the first hexagram
Thunder in heaven above:
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
great vigor. The noble one
is never without reverence
and does not fail
in conduct.
The Image of the second hexagram
Lake below mountain:
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
decrease. The noble one
halts his anger
and curbs his desires.
